Bracelet



BRACELE?. APPLscATIm( FILED 1m13.191s.

Tummy UNITED vsTA'riazs PATENT OFFICE.

.Wanrnrn WALLEMHIN, or AmrLEBOnO, mAssaCHUsnirrs, assrenon To EISEN- 's'rnr muwracrunme COMPANY, or sr. Lotus, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION Bnncnnnm.

' description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had; to the aocompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication. v

My invention relates tov a bracelet and method of making the same, its object being `to produce a one piece bracelet whichl is suiiiciently resilient that the ends will separate when the catch is released although the bracelet .is formed of gold, slveror base inetal which has little or no resiliency when in the form of a fiat strip or band. An other object of the invention is to provide convenient and satisfactory means for :torming integral'ornamental projections on the outer periphery of the bracelet. Other objects and" advantages will appear from. the following more detailed description.

ln the drawings Which illustrate a bracelet formed in accordance with my invention, illigure 1 is a erspective view of a complete bracelet; *i 2 a view of a portion of the interior sur ace of the bracelet showing the means for holding the ends of the bracelet together and for guiding the connecting means into engagement; Fig. 3 shows a fragment of the outer periphery of a bracelet which is provided with ornamental projections; and' Fi 4 is a cross section.-

along the line 4--4 of i 1.

The bracelet is former? from a flat strip of metal by passing the same between rolls ada ted to swage a plurality of parallel and pre erably .substantially semicircular ridges l on its inner periphery and to leave relatively thin bridges or Webs of metal 7 connecting the bases of the ridge portions. Thus the material is formed into what is substan tially a plurality of parallel Wires connected by thin Webs and thecompleted construction has substantial resilience so that when formed to cause the ends of the bracelet to normally occupy a position in which the are separated, the ends will antoinaticalll return to that position when the catch 5 ct f operating with the open'ng 6 is released. Y

As' shown in Fig. 3 duiding Wires 3 are slidingly mounted in the grooves in the Bpecicatlon of Letters Patenti'M Patented June 21, 1921.

Application nea January 13, i919. semi no. 270,772

inner periphery of the bracelet, being re-l tained in the grooves by the semicircular bridges or keepers 4 soldered to the walls of the grooves.

It suitable depressions are formed in one of the coperating rolls, material of the stri) from which the bracelet is made will be creed into these depressions and intc- ,gral projections 2 will be thereby formed on the other periphery of the bracelet at the same time the ridges are formed On the inner periphery. v

The advantages of thc resilient character istics of the above described bracelet Will be apparent in that the catch need not be held down when the ends are'pulled apart as in two part hinged bracelets; no hinges are necessary and thus the cost of the bracelet is decreased and its convenience en?A hanced.; and the excellent resiliency makes 1t possible to separate the ends to a much greater extent than shown in Fig. 1, which illustrates the position automatically assumed when the catch is released, thus making it possible to easily pass the bracelet over the hand and at the same time provide.

for a sufficiently close fit to the wrist to prevent any. danger of the bracelet sliding oil While the catch is engaged. Another' advantage of the grooved arrangement is that the guiding and connecting Wires can be seated in these grooves and thus easily attached to the bracelet without forming any projections on the interior suriacasince the diameter of these Wires can be made less than the depth of the grooves.

Having fully', described my invention,

what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the Unitedv States is:

l. A bracelet comprising a one piece open band of ductile material provided With integ'ral peripherally disposed resilient ridges adapted to cause the ends to separate in'a longitudinal direction When released, means for holding the ends together, and means for guiding` and limiting the relative motion of the ends.

2. A one piece bracelet provided with a .plurality of longitudinally disposed alten nate grooves and ridges, guiding Wires extending between the ends of the bracelet and adapted to slide in the ridges.

3. one piece bracelet provided with a plurality of longitudinally disposed altergrooves between the Q i i i "mesme nete grooves and ridges, guiding vvies ex; tending between the ende of the bracelet and adapted to slide 1n the grooves between the lridges, the diameter of said Wiresbeing no greater than the depth of said grooves.

4. A one piece bracelet provided with :i

plurality of longitudinally disposed alter-- nate grooves and ridges, guiding wires eX- tendlng between the ends of the braeelet ande-adapted to Slide in the grooves betWvef-:n'v

i' the ridgee, and a resiliently mounted catch foy holding the ends of the bracelet togetljier. v

In testimony whereof, have hereunto Set my hendend eiixed my. seal. A

' weiem weuewimw. [ne] Witnesses A... S. BLACKINToN, ALBERT llfni'zoel.v 

